Weather strip and guide



. 1 619,915 March 3, 19279 F. W. BRAZELL ET AL 'WEATHER STRIP AND GUIDE Filed June 12, 1925 Fred WTBraze-ZZ I and Oil's WBrazeZL attoznc lg rann w. nnaznia. AND o'rrs w. BRAZELL, onfiaansas crr'v, rarssonr.

WEATHER STRIP AND G UIDE.

Application filed June 12, 1925. Serial No. 36,647.

Our invention relates to improvements in weather strips and guides, and our object is to provide a rain and dust proof device of this character which is suitable for application to the doors and windows of buildings, automobiles, refrigerators, etc.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference'will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional plan View of the device applied to a door and its casing.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the device arranged for use on the closed bodies of automobiles.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of the device with the tongue omitted.

Fig. 4 is a detail end elevation of another modified form of the device with the tongue omitted.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 1, A designates a door, B the door casing, and C the door jamb which is fixed to the casing B. Referring now more particularly to the device constituting the invention, 2 designates a channel bar having a flange 4 which is tacked or otherwise suitably secured to the door jamb C. The face of the door jamb G is cut away the depth of the channel bar 2, so that the latter may be installed in proper relation to the adjacent side of the door A. when the same is in closed position as shown. 8 designates a resilient member having a loop 10 with oppositelyextending guide wings 12 which curve outwardly towards their margins which are interlocked with the margins of the channel bar 2 as indicated at 14. The loop 10 extends into, but is spaced from the channel bar 2, so that said loop 10 may move laterally in either direction to a limitedextent to receive a ton e 16 having a flange 18 secured to the adjacent side of the door A by suitable means such as screws 20.

In order to allow for lateral adjustment of the tongue 16 so that it may readily enter the loop 10, the flange 18 is provided with slots 22 through which the screws 20 extend. By loosening said screws 20 the tongue 16 may be adjusted toward or away from the edge D of the door A. The tongue 16, however, need not be adjusted to accommodate ordinary shrinkage or swelling of the door A, because in the event that the tongue 16 should contact either of the wings 12 when the door is swung to closed osition the loop 10 will yield as indicate by dotted lines, Fig. 1, and permit said tongue 16 to enter.

Normally the ends of the loop 10 abut each other so that when forced apart by the entering tongue 16 they will press a ainst the opposite sides of said tongue and seal the intervening joints against the entrance of air, dust, or rain.

ln Fig. 2, a glass window F is shown in place of the tongue 16. This form is adaptable for use on closed bodies of automobiles in which the windows are arranged to slide vertically in two of the loops 10, which act as guides for said window and while permitting the same to freely slide up and down exclude dust and rain and prevent the window from rattling.

In the form shown by Figs. 1 and 2, the channel bar 2 is preferably made from sheet metal of sufiicient thickness toretain its form under any ordinary pressure to which it may be subjected, while the loop 10 and the guide wings 12 are preferably made of thin resilient sheet bronze, but when a cheaper product is desired the entire device may be made from one strip of sheet metal as shown by Fig. 3, in which the difi'erent parts are correspondingly numbered like the similar parts shown by Fig. 2, with exponents a added. The flanges 4 and 1 may extend in different directions according to the shape of the door or window frame to which they are to be secured.

The form shown by Fig. 4 is similar to the form shown by Figs. 1 and 2, as indicated by corresponding reference numerals with exponents b, the only difierence being that the loop 10 is dispensed with to reduce the cost of construction. In some instances where more rigid construction than that shown by Figs. 1 and 2 is desired, the wings 12 may be placed inside of the wings 12 to reinforce the same.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that we have provided weather strips and guides embodying the advantages above pointed out, and while we have shown and described several forms of the device we reserve the right to such other forms and modifications thereof as properly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim and desire to secure by Letconnected to the margins of said channel ters Patent, is: portion.

A device of the character described con- In testimony whereof we afii'x our signal0 sisting of a channel portion, and a loop portures. 5 tion which latter is spaced from and rojects into the former and has opposxtel FRED W. BRAZELL. curved guide wings of substantial widt OTIS V. BRAZELL. 

